DNC2013
Overview
- Duration: July 16 – August 1, 2013
- Venue: OIST Seaside House
- Organizing Institution: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
- Language: All lectures will be given in English.
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Organizers
- David Van Vactor (Harvard Medical School Van Vactor Lab/OIST Formation and Regulation of Neuronal Connectivity Unit)
- Ichiro Masai (OIST Developmental Neurobiology Unit)
- Yoko Yazaki-Sugiyama (OIST Neuronal Mechanism for Critical Period Unit)
- Gordon Arbuthnott (OIST Brain Mechanism for Behavior Unit)
Confirmed Speakers
- Prof. Takao Hensch (Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University)
- Dr. Fumio Matsuzaki (RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology)
- Prof. Masayuki Miura (Dept. of Genetics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, The University of Tokyo)
- Assoc. Prof. Naoyuki Inagaki (Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology)
- Prof. Anne Hart (Dept. of Neuroscience, Brown Research )
- Prof. Jeff Lichtman (Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University)
- Prof. Anthony Koleske (Biological & Biomedical Sciences, Yale University)
- Prof. Rachel Wong (Dept. of Biological Structure, University of Washington)
- Prof. Dan Sanes (Faculty of Arts & Science, New York University)
- Prof. Hitoshi Sakano (Dept. of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo)
- Prof. Akinao Nose (Dept. of Complexity Science and Engineering Formation and Function of the Neural Network, The University of Tokyo)
- Assoc. Prof. Nirao Shah (Dept. of Anatomy, University of California San Francisco)
- Dr. Hitoshi Okamoto (RIKEN BSI)
- Dr. Atsushi Miyawaki (RIKEN BSI)
- Prof. Zhigang He (Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School)
- Prof. Robin Ali (UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, Division of Molecular Therapy)
- Prof. Yuichi Iino (Dept. of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo)
- Assist. Prof. Bernd Kuhn (Optical Neuroimaging Unit, OIST)
DNC2013 Program
Tuesday, July 16
7:00 - 8:00 PM Reception for Faculty and Students & Course Introduction
8:00 - 9:00 PM Lecture 1: A Brief History of Developmental Biology: David Van Vactor
Wednesday, July 17
9:00 - 12:00PM Lecture 2: Neural Plate Patterning and Retinal Development: Ichiro Masai
12:00 - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 - 4:30 PM Lecture 3: Neurogenesis and Cortical Development: Fumio Matsuzaki
( Evening Study/ Discussion/ Recreation)
7:00 - 8:30 PM Dinner
8:30 PM - Informal interacion time with lecturers
Thursday, July 18
9:00 - 12:00 PM Lecture 4: Regulation and roles of cell death during neural development
and maintenance: Masayuki Miura
12:00 - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 - 4:30 PM Lecture 5: Neuronal Polarity Formation and Axon Guidance: Naoyuki Inagaki
(Evening Study / Discussion / Recreation)
7:00 - 8:30 PM Dinner
8:30PM - Informal interaction time with lecturers
Friday, July 19
9:00 - 12:00 PM Lecture 6: Shaping neural circuits by early experience: Takao Hensch
12:00 - 2:00 PM Lunch / Tour of OIST and Teaching lab area
2:00 - 7:00 PM Excursion to Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
7:00 - 10:00 PM Cookout and Course Party I
Saturday, July 20
9:00 - 12:00 PM Lecture 7: Neurodegeneration and Invertebrate Disease Models: Anne Hart
12:00 - 1:00 PM Bento Lunch (Transport to Campus Lab)
1:00 - 6:30 PM Teaching Laboratory Rotations
6:30 - 7:30 PM Dinner
7:30 - 9:30 PM Student Talks
Sunday, July 21
8:30 - 8:45 AM Transport to Campus Lab
9:00 - 12:00 PM Teaching Laboratory Rotations
12:00 - 1:00 PM Lunch with Student Talks
1:00 - 4:00 PM Teaching Laboratory Rotations
4:15 PM Transport to Seaside House
(Free Afternoon / Evening *No dinner service)
Monday, July 22
9:00 - 12:00 PM Lecture 8: The Regulation of Synaptogenesis in the Drosophila Neuromuscular System:
David Van Vactor
12:00 - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 - 4:30 PM Lecture 9: Regulation of dendrite formation an stability: Anthony Koleske
( Evening Study / Discussion / Recreation)
7:00 - 8:30 PM Dinner
8:30PM - Informal interaction time with lecturers
Tuesday, July 23
9:00 - 12:00 PM Lecture 10: Connectomics in the Developing Nervous System: Jeff Lichtman
12:00 - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 - 4:30 PM Lecture 11: Circuit assembly and reassembly in the vertebrate retina: Rachel Wong
( Evening Study / Disussion / Recreation)
7:00 - 8:30 PM Dinner
8:30PM - Informal interaction time with lecturers
Wednesday, July 24
9:00 - 12:00 PM Lecture 12: i) Voltage Imaging; ii) Calcium Imaging: Bernd Kuhn
12:00 - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 - 4:30 PM Lecture 13: Critical Period in Neuroethology: Yoko Yazaki-Sugiyama
(Evening Study / Discussino / Recreation)
7:00 - 8:30 PM Dinner
8:30PM - Informal interaction time with lecturers
Thursday, July 25
9:00 - 12:00 PM Lecture 14: Maturation of auditory function: from cochlea to perception: Dan Sanes
12:00 - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 - 4:30 PM Lecture 15: Neural Map Formation in the Mouse Olfactory System: Hitoshi Sakano
(Evening Study / Discussion / Recreation)
7:00 - 8:30 PM Dinner
8:30PM - Informal interaction time with lecturers
Friday, July 26
9:00 - 12:00 PM Lecture 16: Optogenetic dissection of motor circuits in Drosophila: Akinao Nose
12:00 - 1:30 PM Lunch
( FREE AFTERNOON. *No dinner service.)
Saturday, July 27
9:00 - 12:00 PM Teaching Laboratory Rotations
12:00 - 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 - 7:00 PM Teaching Laboratory Rotations
7:00 - 8:00 PM Dinner
8:00 - 9:30 PM Student Talks
Sunday, July 28
9:00 - 12:00 PM Teaching Laboratory Rotations
12:00 - 1:00 PM Lunch with Student Talks
1:00 PM Transportation to Seaside House
(Free Afternoon/Evening *No dinner service)
Monday, July 29
9:00 - 12:00 PM Lecture 17: (TBA) : Nirao Shah
12:00 - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 - 4:30 PM Lecture 18: (TBA) : Hitoshi Okamoto
(Evening Study / Discussion / Recreation)
7:00 - 8:30 PM Dinner
8:30PM - Informal interaction time with lecturers
Tuesday, July 30
9:00 - 12:00 PM Lecture 19: Cruising inside cells: Atsushi Miyawaki
12:00 - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 - 4:30 PM Lecture 20: Mechanisms of axon regeneration: Zhigang He
( Evening Study / Disussion / Recreation)
7:00 - 8:30 PM Dinner
8:30PM - Informal interaction time with lecturers
Wednesday, July 31
9:00 - 12:00 PM Lecture 21: Retinal repair and restoration of vision using cell transplantation: Robin Ali
12:00 - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 - 4:30 PM Lecture 22: Plasticity in the nervous system of the nematode C.elegans: Yuichi Iino
5:30 - 6:30 PM Course Evaluation Feedback Session
8:30 - 7:30 PM Cocktails
7:30 - 9:30 PM Final Course Banquet
Thursday, August 1 Departure